Collection
Featuring a variety of school-related materials, this collection covers a century in the history of Quebec education.
It is composed primarily of elementary and high school learning materials, such as textbooks, popular science books for children, notebooks and exercise books (for writing, botany, arithmetic and drawing), as well as cards with a series of thematic questions and a star finder. Some of these documents are identified with the owner's name, enabling us to follow part of the school experience of (Lydia) Claire Lockner, Hermine Fauteux, Gilbert Goudie, Sara Horan and Sophronia Frary. The collection also includes theory books and educational materials used by teachers, along with catalogues and order forms for these works.
In addition, there are assessment tools, like report cards and exams from Montreal High School, as well as diplomas and certificates documenting the achievements of elementary, high school and university students, some of which feature the owner's name.
Student newspapers, several phone books and a school directory complete this thematic collection.
Classification Scheme
C145/A
Teaching Materials
C145/A1 Textbooks
C145/A1.1
Identified owners
C145/A1.1,1 Rosée Delvoye
C145/A1.1,2 Lydia Claire Lockner
C145/A1.1,3
Irène Olivier
C145A1.1,4
Marc Trépanier
C145/A1.2 Unidentified owners
C145/A2 Notebooks and exercise books
C145A2.1 Identified
owners
C145A2.1,1 Anne Bélanger
C145A2.1,2 Hermine Fauteux
C145A2.1,3 Sophronia Frary
C145A2.1,4 Gilbert Goudie
C145A2.1,5 Sarah Horan
C145A2.1,6 Lydia Claire Lockner
C145A2.1,7 Marie-Anne Prairie
C145A2.1,8 Alice Jane Swail
C145/A2.2 Unidentified owners
C145/A3 Games
C145/A4 Theory books and educational
resources for teachers
C145/A5 Other
C145/B Assessment Tools
C145/B1 Exams
C145/B2 Report cards
C145/B2,1
Helen Bullock
C145/B2,2
Hermine Fauteux
C145/B2,3
Jean-Paul Foucault
C145/B2,4
Clara Morgan
C145/B2,5
Donald W. Scott
C145/C Diplomas, Honours and Awards
C145/C1 Identified recipients
C145/C1,1
Germain Dumas
C145/C1,2
Lilias Fraser
C145/C1,3
Louisa Gilbert
C145/C1,4
Benjamin Globensky
C145/C1,5
Lydia Claire Lockner
C145/C1,6
Hector Phaneuf
C145/C1,7
Mildred M. Rhicard
C145/C1,8
Gertrude Emma Sullivan
C145/C1,9
Jose Sawtell
C145/C1,10
Claudia Marchitiello
C145/C2 Unidentified recipients
C145/D School and Student Publications
C145/D1 Directories and phone books
C145/D2 Student newspapers
C145/D3 Other
Source of title proper: Based on the contents of the collection.
Immediate source of acquisition: The documents in this collection were gathered from various sources. Some were part of a series of donations made between the years 2000 and 2016, by collectors or the friends and family of the document owners. The donations of Ronald Place, Guy Giguère, Robert Roy, Deirdre Foucauld, Luc D'Iberville Moreau, Guy and Paule Plamondon, and Suzanne Bernardin made significant contributions to this collection.
Arrangement: Some documents previously preserved in the Victoria Dickenson Collection (C564) were integrated into this collection in 2014. Several documents previously preserved in the following collections were also integrated into this collection in 2016: Canadiana (C002), Susan Alain (C339) and Nathalie Monet (C578).
Language: The documents are in English and French.
Associated material:
Archives and Document Management Department, UQAM: Fonds Irène Sénécal (P10)
Musée acadien of the Université de Moncton: Textbook Collection
The BAnQ has several fonds and collections containing school-related materials and documents about educational book publishing, including the following: Collection historique du Saguenay (P2); Fonds Jacques Lamarche (P38); Fonds Société des éditeurs de manuels scolaires du Québec (P323); Fonds Société des éditeurs canadiens de manuels scolaires (P324); Fonds Conseil supérieur de l'éducation (E85).
The BAnQ also has a number of textbooks in its collection of old books. This collection is described in the Iris catalogue.
Accruals: Further accruals are expected.
Related groups of records: The McCord Museum has several fonds and collections containing school and education-related materials, including the Donalda David Fonds (P735), the Victor Isganaitis Fonds (P522) and the Louis-Joseph Cartier Family Fonds (P660).
Last update: August 30, 2017
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This project is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Azrieli Foundation and Canadian Heritage.